Question

Write the botanical descriptions of Larix decidua. (Note: Dont write more than 5 sentences for Macroscopic features part!!)

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Answer 1

Botanical Name: Larix decidua

Common Name: European larch

Family Name: Pinaceae – pine family

General Description: Larix decidua has cones and needle-like foliage.

It might look like an evergreen but European larch is a deciduous conifer.

Mature Height: 70-75 feet

Mature Width: 25-30 feet

Foliage: Deciduous (seasonally loses leaves)

Native Locale: Non-native

Other trees in this category include Metasequoia (dawn redwood) and Taxodium (bald cypress).

The bark, stripped of its outer layer, is astringent, balsamic, diuretic, expectorant, stimulant and vulnerary.

Its main application is as an expectorant in chronic bronchitis and has also been given internally in the treatment of haemorrhage and cystitis.

Landscape Uses:

• Massing,
• Shade tree,
• Specimen